Presumably, that means something’s changing for offensive line coach Andy Moeller, who has been there the last six years.

Harbaugh has defended Castillo fervently as one of the best teachers on his staff, and moving him into job that will likely feature several new parts next season speaks to the emphasis they want to put on the run game.

This was not what I wanted to hear. The guy comes in and completely changes all the schemes and terminology of an already successful o-line that just won the Superbowl and turned it into crap! Now he stays? And Caldwell probably isn’t going anywhere so this is going to make the off-season harder to get into leading up to next year.

bcfalcon says:Jan 8, 2014 11:06 AM

*Ravens coach JOHN Harbaugh!

ballinmore says:Jan 8, 2014 11:08 AM

What a garbage move. John Harbaugh needed to step up and fire his buddy from his Philly days and stuck by him instead. These are the types of moves that end up costing head coaches their jobs. Man up John.

Maybe the reasoning here is that he was so bad at coaching a run defense for Philadelphia that naturally you’d expect him to be able to coach a good rushing offense.

cfeeley52 says:Jan 8, 2014 11:14 AM

Here comes the next Cam Cameron… I love Harbaugh as a coach, but he needs to stop helping out his friends. The run game was fine last year until we brought in this clown and now we’re giving him a promotion!?!?

Let me get this. Running game was good 1st 5 years Montgomery was here. Castillo comes, changes are made on line and running game stinks. So what does Harbaugh do? Fire Montgomery and Promote Castillo! Makes no sense!

yyyass says:Jan 8, 2014 11:34 AM

How many effing coaches does Harbaugh need? An OC, a “run-game coordinator”, a OL coordinator, A RB coach…. do we have a “passing game coordinator” in addition to a receivers coach too? It’s reported we have more coaches than any other franchise – one per every three players. What in God’s name do all these guys do for 40 hours a week to earn their paychecks, except apparently try to re-invent everything to justify their existence?

thebrownswillalwaysloose says:
Jan 8, 2014 11:01 AM
This was not what I wanted to hear. The guy comes in and completely changes all the schemes and terminology of an already successful o-line that just won the Superbowl and turned it into crap! Now he stays? And Caldwell probably isn’t going anywhere so this is going to make the off-season harder to get into leading up to next year.
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What an uninformed comment. Juan Castillo coached the best offensive line in the NFL for a decade. He is probably the best OL coach in the game. He was terrible as a DC, but OL is where his expertise is. And if you’re blaming him for “changing terminology” and “changing it into crap,” I just don’t know where to begin. I guess we should begin with Flacco being horribly overrated, you having no real receivers, your defense not being what it once was, and Ray Rice hitting the wall early.

@mancave001
I don’t care WHAT HE DID IN THE PAST!
Your the one who’s uninformed. It’s been well documented that Castillo clashed with players and coaches alike this past season. Plus, (didn’t I say this already) he took something that was working and screwed it up (something else that’s been well documented!) True, it isn’t all his fault and the players deserve some blame, but if they left the same system in place the Ravens could be in the playoffs right now. All season Castillo and Caldwell continued the same, weak game plan and turned a Super Bowl winning offense into one of the worst in the league. Somebody should be held accountable but (once again) Harbaugh is sticking with his buddy. Thank goodness the Ravens owner made him fire his buddy last year or the Ravens would not have one a Super Bowl.

Castillo was a very good and very well respected offensive line coach while in Philly… he was completely lost and in over his head as a defensive coordinator. Maybe he butted heads last year, but it seems to me when you have so many coaches who all have their own philosophy if these guys aren’t on the same page than the players will get mixed messages and there will be some issues.

blackngold4life says:Jan 8, 2014 1:07 PM

Wasn’t this the plan from the start ..before Harbaugh gave him that falonious title of “Run game coordinator”

guitarkevin says:Jan 8, 2014 1:17 PM

I wonder if their going to hire a Head Coach Coordinator?

bleedgreen says:Jan 8, 2014 1:24 PM

Uh… I hate to break this to some of you, but the Ravens’ O-Line SUCKED until Castillo was brought in BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR. He shuffled things around and got the best out of McKinney and Oher. THATS the primary reason they were successful in the playoffs last year.

As an Eagles fan, if there is sufficient talent on the O-Line, Castillo will bring it out. Once the talent starts to fade or sign elsewhere, you can’t teach smarts or strength. Its up to the GM to get the players.

upperdecker19 says:Jan 8, 2014 2:01 PM

Juan must have incriminating photos of someone out there to keep getting these gigs.

He could be Moses and he couldn’t lead this team… teach all you want you got to have tools and with Ray Rice as your main back you will not have a running game in the future…..

I’m sure that the ratbirds will draft to help the oline but unless they strike gold it will take two years before you’ll see any help from the draft and with all the big contracts on this team the free agent market is not an option….

This makes no sense at all! How can you have the worst O Line and a offence that was inept , and then keep your job!! Really??? Castillo should have been Fired just like they did to CAM last year! And Caldwell should have been On Notice! Its a joke. I see Harbaugh is taking care of his own!! What a Shame!

bleedgreen says:
Jan 8, 2014 1:24 PM
Uh… I hate to break this to some of you, but the Ravens’ O-Line SUCKED until Castillo was brought in BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR. He shuffled things around and got the best out of McKinney and Oher. THATS the primary reason they were successful in the playoffs last year.

As an Eagles fan, if there is sufficient talent on the O-Line, Castillo will bring it out. Once the talent starts to fade or sign elsewhere, you can’t teach smarts or strength. Its up to the GM to get the players.
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lol!
Castillo wasn’t hired until the end of January of 2013. He had virtually no impact on the Super Bowl.

P.S. Your Eagles allowed 17 less sacks the year they moved from Castillo to Howard Mudd. Castillo is way over-rated.